If you want to build and then burn your own custom ISO, see [[How to create and use a Live CD]].

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1. Make it easy to do a derived livecd with your own repositories, packages and art work

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== Advantages and Limitations ==

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* You can demonstrate features or try out a release, including testing hardware functionality, before hard disk/SSD installation.

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* Live USB/CD/DVD installation is faster than regular installation. Live USB/SD installation typically takes only a few minutes and can be configured with persistent storage.

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* You can use Live CD technology for backup and recovery of your installed hard drive.

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* It is not possible to choose packages during installation. Live images typically have fewer packages than a regular installation image.

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* It is not possible to do an upgrade via the Anaconda installer. If you have a separate /home partition, you can just not format it during the installation and thus preserve your settings and /home content.

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* It is not possible to choose a non-default filesystem.

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* Once you shutdown a computer running from a Live CD, you will lose any settings or packages installed, but Live USB/SD installations may be configured with persistent storage.

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== Fedora Live image features ==

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Current features:

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# A booted Live CD uses a temporary, in-memory, read-write rootfs, so it's possible to install software for use while the Live CD is running.

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# Data persistence options available on Live USB/SD installations.

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# Install to hard disks or USB/SD drives.

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# Uses SELinux in enforcing mode and other security features by default.

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# Includes best of breed software on the media.

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# Stay as close to a normal desktop install with regard to features, or try specialized [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Spins].

The source code for the live CD tools is maintained in git. The repository is at 'git://git.fedoraproject.org/git/hosted/livecd' and can be browsed via the [http://git.fedoraproject.org/?p=hosted/livecd gitweb interface] . You can install it easily by installing the 'livecd-tools' package.

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The source code for the Live CD tools is maintained in git. The repository is at 'git://git.fedorahosted.org/livecd' and can be browsed via the [http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/livecd/ cgit interface] . You can install it easily by installing the 'livecd-tools' package.

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== Hard Drive Installation ==

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Kickstart files are in the spin-kickstarts.noarch package.

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The ability to install to the hard drive is available in Fedora 7 and above releases. After the live media boots, click on the install icon on your desktop to start the installation.

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== How to Create a Fedora Live CD ==

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* [[FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo| LiveCD HowTo]] details how to create a Fedora Live CD using the Live CD Tools.

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== How to Install Live Image to USB Flash Drive ==

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The ability to install to a hard drive is available releases since Fedora 7. After the live media boots, click on the install icon on your desktop to start the installation. Installation from live image requires that GRUB and the /boot directory be installed onto a drive with an MSDOS partition label, or that the current machine supports EFI booting. If a pc-clone machine has only GPT hard drives, then you may need to use something such as a USB2.0 flash memory device (with an MSDOS partition label) as an intermediate destination.

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* To find out how to install Live Image to USB Flash Drive, please refer to [[FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo| this link]] .

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In Fedora 15, instead of clicking the desktop icon, choose Applications->System Tools->Install to Hard Drive from the menu along the top of the screen.

Advantages and Limitations

You can demonstrate features or try out a release, including testing hardware functionality, before hard disk/SSD installation.

Live USB/CD/DVD installation is faster than regular installation. Live USB/SD installation typically takes only a few minutes and can be configured with persistent storage.

You can use Live CD technology for backup and recovery of your installed hard drive.

Limitations:

It is not possible to choose packages during installation. Live images typically have fewer packages than a regular installation image.

It is not possible to do an upgrade via the Anaconda installer. If you have a separate /home partition, you can just not format it during the installation and thus preserve your settings and /home content.

It is not possible to choose a non-default filesystem.

Once you shutdown a computer running from a Live CD, you will lose any settings or packages installed, but Live USB/SD installations may be configured with persistent storage.

Fedora Live image features

Current features:

A booted Live CD uses a temporary, in-memory, read-write rootfs, so it's possible to install software for use while the Live CD is running.

Data persistence options available on Live USB/SD installations.

Install to hard disks or USB/SD drives.

Uses SELinux in enforcing mode and other security features by default.

Includes best of breed software on the media.

Stay as close to a normal desktop install with regard to features, or try specialized Spins.

Hard Drive Installation

The ability to install to a hard drive is available releases since Fedora 7. After the live media boots, click on the install icon on your desktop to start the installation. Installation from live image requires that GRUB and the /boot directory be installed onto a drive with an MSDOS partition label, or that the current machine supports EFI booting. If a pc-clone machine has only GPT hard drives, then you may need to use something such as a USB2.0 flash memory device (with an MSDOS partition label) as an intermediate destination.

In Fedora 15, instead of clicking the desktop icon, choose Applications->System Tools->Install to Hard Drive from the menu along the top of the screen.